UFC on FOX 5 Results: 5 Fights for Mike Swick to Take Next

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY SportsMike Swick (right) was knocked out on Saturday for the first time since 2004.

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Mike Swick is back in the UFC, but he got outgunned on Saturday by a staunch opponent in fellow veteran Matt Brown, who now rides an impressive four-fight winning streak.

It seems like forever ago that Swick held a 4-0 streak of his own in the welterweight division, dropping from light heavyweight to run through Ben Saunders, Jonathan Goulet, Marcus Davis and Josh Burkman.

Now, he's 1-3 in his last four fights, looking particularly thin and wobbly en route to his UFC on Fox 5 defeat.

Is there still a title contender buried somewhere inside Swick? Maybe not, but at the very least, it's time to measure just what Mr. "Quick" has left to offer the division with these five fights.

Yoshihiro Akiyama

Gutsy performances aside, Sexyama is in a bad spot amongst the UFC roster.

Even with three back-to-back "Fight of the Night" bonuses in his UFC career, the judo master is still 1-4 since joining the promotion over three years ago.

True, a loss to Jake Shields comes with an asterisk due to Shields testing positive for banned substances one fight later, but speculation won't change the records.

As it stands now, pitting Swick and Akiyama against each other makes sense as an opener on a future main card, both as a challenge for Swick to earn his keep and bringing up a beatable opponent for the marketable Akiyama, who still looks drained at 170 pounds.